Finally, a machine dispensing scalding liquids from your dashboard
In case you felt that Mitsubishi's idea of wraparound multimodal interfaces in cars wasn't going to be distracting enough, the Fiat 500L just announced its own entry in
“I did not find anyone who was absolutely off the grid:” Lucas Foglia on self-sufficiency
The Guardian has a short piece about Lucas Foglia's A Natural Order, a photographic essay about people in America who go off the grid. "I wanted to see
“ill post-modern commentary-type s*** about the nature of gadgets and relationships”
I hope what I'm doing is more profound that this*. Maybe I can crank up the Hunter S Thompson angle for the next book. *This is my all-time
Saturday editing
Finishing the smaller edits today. Then it's on to strengthening the conclusions. via flickr That is, if the dog lets me.
Final revisions
Carrying the changes into the electronic file....via Flickr Posted with Blogsy
Internet addictions and vomiting monasteries
Damchoe Wangmo, a Canadian-born Buddhist nun living in India, pointed me to an article in Vietnam Nam News about Vietnamese temples offering programs for Internet addiction:It is an
“the leading impediment to this project ever getting made would be our continued participation in it”
I recently stumbled on Stephen Harrigan's look back at his "career writing made-for-TV movies." It's worth reading in its entirety, but it takes off with Harrigan's description of the
New study on phantom cellphone vibrations
Computers in Human Behavior has a new study of phantom cellphone vibrations. It's behind a firewall, but here's the abstract: Phantom vibration syndrome, or perceived vibrations from a
New AF447 crash report and the perils of automation
The Guardian reports that a new Bureau of Investigations and Analysis study of Air France 447, which crashed in a storm in 2009, "raises concerns about training for
Essay on Janet Murray and Howard Rheingold books
Roy Christopher, a music and technology writer, has a nice short essay on two recent books that connect with contemplative computing, Janey Murray's Inventing the Medium: Principles of